In 1988 "Wrong Face in the Mirror" won the Dirk Hartog Literary Award for literary exploration of migration experiences. With a vision of lid under palm trees, Lolo Houbein left the Holland of her war-troubled childhood to live in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.  Her spiritual journeying has been guided by intuition as she searches for an ancestry so scattered and elusive that fact and imagination mingle in the telling.

Wrong Face in the Mirror: An Autobiography of Race and Identity (UQP NONFICTION)

Houbein, Lolo

Univ of Queensland Pr

Everything is real

Phoenix Publications Brisbane

A Hands-On Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables, Fruits and HerbsStarting with Just One Square Yard! Lolo Houbein has been growing food for more than 30 yearsand now, drawing on her wide learning and hard-earned experience, she offers a wealth of information on how to turn small plots of land into sources of nourishing, inexpensive, organic food. Amateur gardeners wondering how to get started and veteran gardeners looking for new ideas will be inspired by Houbein’s practical, often charming, and always optimistic advice. One Magic Square includes: <ul>
<li>Earth-friendly tips, tricks, and solutions for establishing and maintaining an organic garden</li>
<li>Illustrated, annotated plans for 30 plots with different themesincluding perennials and pick-and-come-again” plants, anti-cancer and anti-oxidant-rich vegetables, and salad, pizza, pasta, and stir-fry ingredients</li>
<li>Comprehensive information about every plant in every plot</li>
<li>Color photographs of the author’s own gardenplus helpful illustrations</li>
<li>Houbein family recipes for making the most of your bountyincluding salad dressings, fruit and vegetable juices, stir-fries, and more.</li>
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One Magic Square: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own Food on a 3-Foot Square

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

The Experiment

All it takes to grow your own organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs is One Magic Square Lolo Houbein has 40 years’ worth of gardening wisdom to share—on how to coax an abundance of organic food from a plot that is just 3 feet square!<ul>
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Sustainable, cost-effective, and creative techniques: how to compost, save water, troubleshoot weeds and pests, create a plant-friendly microclimate, and more</li>
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Over 40 themed plot designs, from antioxidant-rich and anti-cancer plots to salad, pizza, pasta, and stir-fry plots</li>
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Encyclopedic information about every crop in every plot</li>
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Tips on drying, freezing, pickling, and other ways to get more value and enjoyment from your homegrown produce</li>
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And her irresistible gardening philosophy (“If herbs wanted to be used frugally, they would also grow frugally. But they don’t!”)</li>
</ul> Ever encouraging, often charming, and always practical, this expanded second edition of One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening will help first-time gardeners get started—and help veteran gardeners get results—on a small, easy-to-maintain plot. No actual magic is required!

One Magic Square Vegetable Gardening: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own Food on a 3-Foot Square

Outside the Magic Square: A Handbook for Food Security

Self-Help

Wakefield Press

Magic Little Meals: Making the most of homegrown produce

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Wakefield Press, Adelaide, South Australia

One Magic Square: Grow your own food on one square metre

Anna

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Text Publishing

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